GM land plan published

A JOINT Greater Manchester plan to identify future housing and employment land requirements has reached its latest milestone.

The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework will be an ambitious overarching document which will be used by planners in each local authority to guide development and growth, while co-ordinating it across the city region.

The integrated assessment scoping report has been published and will be available for comments until Tuesday September 1.

Cllr Sue Derbyshire, Greater Manchester Combined Authority lead on Planning and Housing, said: “The spatial framework will reflect our ambition for Greater Manchester to manage the challenge of growth across all 10 authorities in a coherent way.

“Our work has Greater Manchester people at its heart – we want to connect them to the opportunities created by growth, and that means sustainable and well-connected neighbourhoods.

“But it also means that we need to ensure that we gauge the impact of any proposals to make sure they are as positive as possible in supporting our goals for Greater Manchester.”